17 October 2010
| Entrance | All my hope on God is founded |
| Penitential Rite | St Gabriel (mtgf) |
| Gloria | St Gabriel (mtgf) |
| Psalm 120 | Our help is in the name of the Lord (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Alleluia Beati (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Listen, Lord (John Bell) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Creation (Marty Haugen) |
| Lamb of God | Lamb of God 6 (mtgf) |
| Communion | I lift up my eyes (Huijbers) |
| Final | Tell out my soul |
Psalm 120 is a favourite psalm and as it only occurs on this Sunday I thought it would be nice to repeat the text at another point in the liturgy. We looked Mary Haugen's 'Pilgrim Song' but found it bland. On paper Huijbers' setting may look blander — it is all in unison — but the modal language, the rhythmic movement and the form give it character. I was worried that the form might throw us. To give an idea it begins A, B1, B2, C1, B2, C2, B1, B2, C1 etc. but written so that your eyes are darting back and forth on the paper. Not only does this hark back to Gregorian responsories it textually makes sense. Ideally it needs a larger body of singers so that you get a greater contrast between cantor and all — more a sense of the music been tossed from one to the other. The responsorial psalm setting uses the verse melody of 'Longing, trusting'. I can't remember which came first.
Listen, Lord was a second outing. It is often good musically to consolidate a piece by doing it again and this week the widow's pleas in the gospel gave us the opportunity.
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